1. And concerning the matters you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2. But because of whoring, let each one have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
3. Let the husband render to his wife what is her due, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
4. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
5. Do not deprive one another except with agreement for a time, to give yourselves to fasting and prayer. And come together again so that Satan does not try you because of your lack of self-control.
6. And I say this as a concession, not as a command.
7. For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from Elohim, one in this way and another in that.
8. And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am,
9. but if they do not have self-control, let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn.
10. And to the married I command, not I, but the Master: A wife should not separate from a husband.
11. But if she is indeed separated, let her remain unmarried or be restored to favour with her husband, and let a husband not send away a wife.
12. And to the rest I say, not the Master: If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she thinks well to live with him, let him not send her away.
13. And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he thinks well to live with her, let her not send him away.